Aflac (NYSE:AFL) Stock Unloaded Sen. Shelley Moore Capito

Key Points

• Senator Shelley Moore Capito sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Aflac stock on July 18th, as disclosed in a filing on August 4th.
• Aflac's current stock price is $98.60, with a 52-week range from $95.97 to $115.50 and a market capitalization of $53.31 billion.
• Institutional investors hold 67.44% of Aflac's stock, with notable increases in holdings from firms like Brighton Jones LLC and Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC during the fourth quarter.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) recently sold shares of Aflac Incorporated NYSE: AFL. In a filing disclosed on August 04th, the Senator disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Aflac stock on July 18th.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of General Dynamics NYSE: GD on 7/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Colgate-Palmolive NYSE: CL on 7/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of PPG Industries NYSE: PPG on 7/31/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of PPG Industries NYSE: PPG on 7/30/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOGL on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META on 7/29/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. NYSE: JPM on 7/18/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO on 7/18/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Apple NASDAQ: AAPL on 7/18/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 7/18/2025.

Aflac Price Performance

AFL stock opened at $98.60 on Tuesday. Aflac Incorporated has a 52 week low of $95.97 and a 52 week high of $115.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $102.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $105.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 0.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Insider Buying and Selling at Aflac

In other news, Director Arthur Reginald Collins sold 2,750 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.70, for a total value of $290,675.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,728 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $711,149.60. The trade was a 29.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Joseph L. Moskowitz sold 1,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.79, for a total value of $106,790.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 26,096 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,786,791.84. The trade was a 3.69% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 40,750 shares of company stock valued at $4,304,295. 0.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Aflac

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Aflac by 64.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 14,570 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $1,507,000 after acquiring an additional 5,708 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors boosted its stake in shares of Aflac by 28.4% during the fourth quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 6,817 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $705,000 after purchasing an additional 1,507 shares in the last quarter. Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. purchased a new position in Aflac during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $17,843,000. Aviva PLC raised its stake in Aflac by 22.5% in the fourth quarter. Aviva PLC now owns 321,523 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $33,258,000 after buying an additional 59,080 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC lifted its holdings in Aflac by 629.3% during the fourth quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC now owns 61,680 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $6,380,000 after buying an additional 53,223 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 67.44% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on AFL. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Aflac from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Raymond James Financial lowered their price objective on Aflac from $115.00 to $110.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Aflac from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Barclays set a $98.00 target price on shares of Aflac and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on shares of Aflac from $104.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $108.15.

About Senator Capito

Shelley Moore Capito (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from West Virginia. She assumed office on January 3, 2015. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Capito (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020. Capito was first elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first female U.S. Senator in the state's history. Prior to serving in the Senate, Capito was a member of the West Virginia House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015. At the start of the 116th Congress, Capito was a member of the U.S. Senate committees on Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works, and Rules and Administration. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Capito is a more moderate right of center Republican Party vote. As a result, she may break with the Republican Party line more than her fellow members. Capito earned her bachelor's degree from Duke University. After earning her M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, Capito was a college counselor and then director of an educational information center. She was the only Republican in the West Virginia congressional delegation until the 2010 elections and is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. Capito is a former chairwoman of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, as well as a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus. After an explosion responsible for the death of 29 coal workers, Capito founded the Congressional Coal Caucus. Prior to her election to the U.S. House, Capito served in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Aflac Company Profile

Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. The company operates through Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. segments. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, nursing care, work leave, GIFT, and whole and term life insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment plans under saving type insurance products in Japan.

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